and i believe that's about $1,900 for each insured worker in alaska. i work. so we're paying an amount for the uninsured, you know, through emergency room care and things. that rivals our income tax. and about 50% of our bankruptcies and 2% of our foreclosures, those are costs to society and they're due to medical bills. so if we took the long run and look at the overall economy, would you then support a public option? [applause] >> i've been asked many times, you know? will you support a public option of a government-run plan? and what i remind people is you know, it's not so much that the government-run plan is in and of itself a bad thing. we have government-run health care right now with medicare and medicaid -- [applause] >> -- and the v.a. system and the i.h.s. system. we have it. so i am not so afraid to say we cannot absolutely positively not have a government-run plan. but what we have to have is a government plan that actually works. and let me tell you -- [applause] -- to take -- take the model of a broken system, a system that does not work

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now, some have suggested that this is somehow an alaska-base alaska-based -- or an alaska aid program. it certainly does help in my state, but it has provided aid to utilities in more than a dozen states, including alabama, arizona, california, florida, hawaii, idaho, kentucky, maine, massachusetts, nevada, new mexico, new york, and washington. and in addition to these states, applications have been submitted by other eligible communities in more than eight states. this is in colorado, in minnesota, montana, north dakota,ry rirks sout, rhode islh dakota, wisconsin, wyoming, and out in portry cork the virgin islands -- port -- puerto rico, the virgin islands and america samoa. in addition, these are community-driven projects. they reflect the local priorities for addressing energy challenges. some of the projects that are currently underway within this high-energy cost grants are replacing failing transmission and distribution lines that serve communities in my state and in arizona, idaho, maine and nevada. as we think about how we're going to move our energy, particularly our renewabl

-- insured worker and alaska.it rivals are in come taxes, $3,800 between the two of us. also, a 50% of bankruptcies, 62% of foreclosures -- those are costs to society and they are due to medical bills. if you took the long run and saw that the overall economy would help, which he did support a public option? -- would you i haven't asked many times -- i have been asked many times that i was just spoke -- a five would support a public option. i remind you bet it does not so much that a government-run plan is in and of itself a bad thing. we had a government run right -- government-run health care right now with medicare and medicaid and aid va system and be ihs system. we have that. i am not afraid to say that we cannot absolutely positively not have a government-run plan. but what we have to have is a government plan that actually works. and let me tell you -- [applause] to take the model of a broken system, a system that does not work, and in the system of met -- and in the state of alaska, medicare does not work.

-- insured worker and alaska. it rivals are in come taxes, $3,800 between the two of us. also, a 50% of bankruptcies, 62% of foreclosures -- those are costs to society and they are due to medical bills. if you took the long run and saw that the overall economy would help, which he did support a public option? -- would you then support a public option? [applause] >> i had been asked many times, would you support a public option, a government-run plan? it is not so much that the government-run plan is in and of itself a bad thing. we have government-run health care right now. medicare and medicaid and the da system in the ihl system -- and the va system and need ihs system. i am not upset -- absolutely saying we cannot have a government-run plant. but we have had a government plan that actually works. and let me tell you -- [cheers and applause] to take the model of the broken system, a system that does not work -- and in the state of alaska, medicaid does not work. if you cannot get in to see a provider, it does no

these particular events took place in alaska. listen, alaska, i don't mean to be cruel. sarah palin dumped you. it's time to move on. okay? i defend her in this. i'm sure you've been in this situation. you're in a relationship, it's run its course. want to end it. you say, let's just be friends, and then the other person just purely out of desperation and spite is like, well, then if we're friends you should come and speak at my event, since we're flends and all. sarah palin is like, okay. then a week later what am i doing? i don't need 20 do this. just move on. when sarah palin said she wanted to be friends, she just wanted not to be weird when you bumped into each other. like, oh, alaska. do you know iowa? iowa, alaska. >> and yet here she goes inviting all friends to watch glenn beck subpoena that the way to earn browny pints to get her own show? if that's the case, will she send out a facebook message saying don't watch his show. watch mine. >> i want to know who the people are who are avid sarah palin facebook readers but aren't aware of glenn beck. a bit of a cross

>> over to alaska. this is the fourth time in recent months governor palin was scheduled to appear somewhere, but didn't -- backed out or just didn't show up, isn't miscommunication. if she winds up running for president, isn't somebody going to step in and say you can't skip the debate tonight just because "the meantalist" is on cbs and you want to watch that. >> i'm defending governor palin in this one. these particular events took place in alaska. listen, alaska, i don't mean to be cruel. sarah palin dumped you. it's time to move on. okay? i defend her in this. i'm sure you've been in this situation. you're in a relationship, it's run its course. you just want to end it. you say, let's just be friends, and then the other person just purely out of desperation and spite is like, well, then if we're friends you should come and speak at my event, since we're friends and all. sarah palin is like, okay. then a week later what am i doing? i don't need to do this. just move on. when sarah palin said she want

the state in question, search subpoena's alaska.he third story, never mind palin's fictitious death panels, the governor of alaska presided over some virtual death panels of her own. a federal court in june found health panels designed to keep people out of institutions were plagued with problems. in one 2 1/2 year stretch, 227 adults already getting services died while waiting for a nurse to reassess their needs. the centers were medicare and medicaid services. banned the states from admitting more patients into their programs until improvements were made. the suspension on admittance to one program has been lifted but the ban remains on another alaska medicate program which provides another wide range of services for people with severe needs. it might be assumed such a program in any state would have these type of issues. but, no, it's just alaska. it was the only state in the union to be put under a federal moratorium. one time another republican lashed out against the palin death panel talk. the senator from georgia, supporter o

it would help the state of alaska, alaska native organizations, affected arctic communities and the privatetor deal with the impacts of change. this includes flooding, erosion, permafrost melting, damage to public transportation systems and buildings. that fund would assist in dealing with habitat restoration, clean energy development and other economic development activities. mr. president, i'm considering an additional piece of legislation in this package. it focuses on providing the people of alaska's arctic with a greater voice in development decisions affecting their lives. this would teab the -- establish the arctic regional council. it would be modeled after those councils in the prince william sound. at the request of the north slope borough mayor and constituents there, i have agreed to hold off and the bill for now so we can continue the conversation with the people of the region and along with industry and regulatory stakeholders. in addition to the legislation i'm introducing today, senate ratification of two treaties will dramatically improve our nation's ability to address arc

alaska.>> investors business daily, editorials on the nightmares. we got a version of britain's national health. people such as scientists, stephen hawking, wouldn't have a chance in the u.k., where the national health service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless. you do realize that dr. hawking is from the u.k. and the national health has helped to keep him flourishing these last 45 years. and worst. dick morris on how to influence democratic congressmen. >> if they are not terrorized during august by the public outpouring, and they don't have thousands and thousands of handwritten letters on their doorstep, waiting for them, when they return from the august recess, they'll fold. >> he actually said it. he actually said democrats should be terrorized. and he didn't get fired by fox. all that and more, now, on "countdown." >> they will not mess with you. >>> good evening, from new york. no questions were out of bounds. no people

. >>> alaska's legislature voted to override sarah palin's veto of $28 million in federal stimulus. palin rejected the money for alaska, the state with the highest energy cost, saying, quote, strings could bind alaska to federal mandates. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton apparently lost her cool yesterday while in kocongo when she thought a student asked her what her husband thought about a financial matter. secretary clinton snapped, my husband is not secretary of state, i am. it turned out to be a translation error and the question was actually about president obama. afterwards, clinton and the student shook hands and made light of it. >>> in thailand, a baby elfant got caught in a tight spot after falling in a manhole. after several hours, the elephant was freed unharmed. >>> the dow opens at 9337 after falling 32 points on monday. the nasdaq was down three. looking at overseas trading, the nikkei rose 61 points while in ko hong kong, the hang seng jumped 31 points. >>> global markets are cautious on the strength of a recovery. japan kept his key interest rate unchanged tod

in alaska, that's unusual, right, justin?>> every state in the country has actually had a tornado reported at one time or another. it's happened before on though it's uncommon. water spouts are much more tame than tornadoes. typically, those winds are under 70 or 60 miles per hour so you can stay a safe distance and not have a threat. 61 right now baltimore, easton. 54 back towards york, pa. so we've got ourselves cooler air in across the area. essentially, we're looking at clear sky as cross the board. we've got clouds back to the west. we'll call it mostly sunny, although i believe we'll dim out some of that sun this afternoon. a high temperature making it up to a pleasant 85 degrees. wait until you see a look at the beaches in a bit. here's kim with a check of the roads. >> reporter: thanks, justin. this is route 50 at 97. don't have any problems to let you know about here. 97 is a smooth ride. both loops to the beltway are running smoothly without incidents this morning. if you are traveling westbound headed towards 295 y

this was a blog in alaska called alaskareport.com that said she was getting divorced from todd. >> a guy who describe s himself as a cnn stringer in his bio. >> but, that's not the mainstream media. so i don't think that is an example. >> but things can start on the blogs and real journalists start calling to see if it's true or not, and i think that's what she's so irritated about. >> you're a blogger, you don't think journalists should check out what's on the blog? >> yeah, definitely, but there's a confusion how they work together, and now she's doing these preemptive statements, putting them out on facebook, so that's why people don't understand why she's so upset. >> name names. if she feels she's been ill treated by any particular media outlet, name names. we saw this during the republican convention when there were all these blog rumors about her child. okay. that was nasty, that was unfair. i don't know one single mainstream media outlet who reported this. >> -- talks about it to this day. >> what are we supposed to do about the blogs? >> this is what she's doing about it. >>

here in alaska, we have many small businesses.mposing an employer mandate, in my opinion, it is very difficult for us to impose this on our small businesses. we must keep them from pacing -- placing caps on how much they would treat. and we must focus on the prevention and wellness aspect, those that would reward and facilitate healthy behavior and lifestyle changes. we would create a program that would shift millions of americans from private to public coverage and eliminate the private insurance system as we know it. the president has stated that the status quo in health care is unsustainable, and i think if you look at the first page of your handout, you will agree with that. but we must recognize that building health care reform on the backs of a broken medicare system is also unacceptable. we need that structural reform that moves us away from the first services -- fee-for services. we have a great will -- a great deal of work to do in washington, it is absolutely necessary and an imperative for your congress to address healt

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i do not think that would help alaska or the country. i am not one of those who said we need to will this away, if we waited out, it will go away and we will not have to deal with it. it is not going to go away. i take you back to the graft that you have all been presented with. the national health expenditure pitcher kirk will keep going up. -- national health expenditure curve and will keep going up. i do not think we have an option to just say if we hold our breath london of the american public is going to forget about this. -- i do not think we had an option to just say if we hold our breath long enough's the american public is going to forget about this. the last time we really tackled this was the clinton administration. we did not pick it up again for many years. i do not know -- i would be afraid of that scenario if we were to put five years beyond where we are now and say do nothing, do nothing at all and then wait at a couple more administrations. i am one to believe that we have a really tough job to do, but that is why you el

some health care day or something in alaska. laura: was that for doctors being given incentives?ot sure she favored doctors being incentivised to give those kind of consultations and discussions. amanda, what's clear here is that sarah palin, like her or not, seems to be able to really get under the wisdom tooth like a raspberry seed of the left in this health care debate all the way from alaska, even though she is no longer governor. >> yeah. all she did was issue a facebook statement on august 7th. a friday night at that and then less than a week later, that provision that she is talking about is out of the bill. i know of no other republican that has been able to break through, you know, the medical debate over this issue. she got president obama to talk about death panels and grandma in the same sentence. i mean, that would not have happened otherwise. i think she is making a really powerful offensive move in separating herself from other republicans. you have guys like bobby jindal talking about how to make health care bipartisan. she is saying no, this will end up to ration

is the former alaska governor unfairly picking on the press? >>> in this hour of "state of the union," howard kurtz as always breaks it down with his reliable sources. >>> thanks, jessica. >> it's getting ugly out there. and by out there, i mean the great cable echo chamber. six months after barack obama took office, the visit ree yol that marked the bush years is being aimed at his successor. you can say anything about the president of the united states and still stay on the air. the national outrage meter doesn't even seem to move that much, so accustomed we have become about incendiary. glenn beck, who makes a living say inflammatory things, reached a new and disturbing level in talking about the furor over the henry louis gates arrest. beck said this about president obama on fox news. >> this president, i think, has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture. i'm not saying that he doesn't like white people. i'm saying he has a problem. he has a -- this guy is, i

>> well, her polls have totally plummeted in alaska.'s got more people against her than florida up there. if you remember back a year she was the most popular governor in the country. now it's just a huge pulse point. i think maybe she should look at a network job or something of that effect. i don't think she can recover. she just can't. she's come out with too many absolutely crazy statements and i think it's impossible at this point. >> network job like what, page in the nbc building or you mean like a broadcast network job or -- never mind. >> yeah. >> what happens to her? and this is meant seriously. what happens if health care reform passes and they offer reimbursement for end of life counseling but there are no death panels. i mean, does she just become the joke of the first part of the 21st century? where does she fit into the political equation if they do not, if there are not massive euthanasia panels brought into existence immediately? >> well, there have been lots of things sarah palin has talked about that don't exist. so i

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. >>> sarah palin may no longer be the governor of alaska, but she's done an aggressive job to stay inr at a high-end restaurant in new york. palin is now the butt of a joke in a new movie starring hugh grant and sarah jessica parker. >> i hope you'll be real comfortable here with us. >> oh my god, it's sarah palin. >> in today's making their case, it's time for another installment of the palin chronicles. after resigning as governor of alaska with the full year and a half left in her first term, speculation continues to grow, monica, about palin's political aspirations. >> that's right, and as you say, she's been out there, she's been tweeting and firing off e-mails about obama death panels. if she ran for president, how would she fair? well according to the latest merits poll, in a statistical tie with mitt romney, mike huckabee, and governor tim pawlenty of minnesota. but assuming she won that, up against president obama things get a bit more difficult. 56% of registered voters say they would vote for the president if the election were today while 33% said they'd pick palin. here to

walmart.ri chris: norah tell me something i don't know. >> i'm back from alaska. and sarah palin's closest advisor is herbs. she doesn't advise the press people what she's doing. it is extraordinary. >> interesting poll from the national journal folks, in this economic downturn, they asked who is optimistic about the economy? turns outinorities are way, way more optimistic about the future of -- about their children's future than whites are. >> amazing. jennifer. >> just a number, over august we talked about how the president needs to be out there making a pitch, less than half a dozen town halls and appearances on health care. i wonder if he'll regret that. >> we think barack obama brought a lot of attenon to washington when he arrived here. you haven't seen anything yet, because dann brown the author of the da vinci code is out with his new book next month. all the intrigue and the symbols and the capital building, you name it, it is going to be a worldwide phenomena here. >> hardball too? >> i don't know. chris: more cases after this. >> secret messages from ha

. >> check out this aerial view of a water spout rarely seen in alaska. dorothy ivan had taken off in a small plane last weekend when the pilot spotted the funnel cloud. she grabbed the camera and caught this shot. water spouts are more common in warm climates but not alaska. >> get set. clean. house keepers went mop to mop in las vegas. they battled it out in the bed making competition. >> how do you make a good bed? >> practice. lots and lots of practice. >> then they went for a sweep as master of the mop. all for the coveted dirty toilet brush prize. >> i like to see michael phelps try that one. patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". >> minor league baseball pitcher sentenced to a month behind bars for hurting a man in a brawl recently on the ball field. yo castillo convicted of throwing a baseball during a fight last month. judge ordereded him to attend anger management and stop throwing hand balls at people. stay employed also and work for a high school diploma. . >> ravens had a high profile guest this morning. fan of the steelers. ravens didn'

trace: breaking news coming out of alaska, magnitude 5 earthquake has mag -- rattled 30 miles from alaska, not major by things up a bit. there are no injuries or reports of any damage. we should note that earthquakes in that area of the world are known as a tsunami, but there is no danger of tsunami at all. the earthquake struck about 31 miles outside of anchorage, alaska. martha: some citizens are taking to the streets, a group of their residence so sped up with speeders, they are ready to shoot paint balls at passing cars. they have even posted them. they are showing their intentions. they are calling themselves angry neighbors with paint ball guns. the police are reminding these folks that it is against it by law to shoot a paint ball at a vehicle furious join us again tomorrow. trace: thank you. we will see you back here, tomorrow. shepard: the news begins anew with the white house trying to regain control of the health- care debate. confused? do we even know what the president's plan is? if the answer is no, you are not alone. we will try to sort it out. [captioning made possible by

. >>> interesting numbers out of alaska. ex-governor sarah palin's negative numbers, her unfavorable number is now higher than her favorable number. are people mad at her for quitting or what? maybe they are just mad at her. that's in the politics fix. >>> rudy giuliani takes the policeman's side in the case of the cambridge professor. that's in the "hardball" slide shochlt. >>> first tonight, the birthers for democratic national committee. todd harris is a former adviser to john mccain. you are smiling, todd, but i'm going to talk to you about something not worry of smiling about. a poll shows that 77% of the country believes the president is one of us, an american, born here, raised here, elected here. 11% believe this thing out there about the birthers move, that he was somehow born somewhere else. 12%, one in ten, believe they are not sure. they don't know what they are talking about. democrats and independents overwhelmingly say, yes, he was born here and elected properly. but a majority of self-identified republicans,

former house speaker newt gingrich has unsolicited advice for the alaska governor.ve politico.com a six-point plan. the first one, write a book. become a commentator on a network. get a condo in new york or washington. master three speeches, the money speech, the brand or policy speech, and then the stump speech. get a national project, newt would have her working hard on this plan now, but be careful of newt's advice, because you know he wants to be the next president of the united states, too join chris matthews weekdays. next up, "your business." - ( crowd gasping ) - ( chirp ) van gogh? ( chirp ) even steven. - ( chirp ) mansion. - ( chirp ) good to go. ( grunts ) timber! ( chirp ) boss? what do we do with the shih-tzu? - ( crowd gasps ) - ( chirp ) joint custody. - phew! - announcer: get work done now. communicate in less than a second with nextel direct connect. only on the now network. deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. when i really liked to be outside, i did not like suffering from nasal allergy symptoms li

sarah palin is the former governor of alaska. is a target for the media because the media, and both parties need to destroy her. i will tell you this again and again and again -- i really firmly believe the paradigm in this country is about to change. i think if she is who she says she is, she is going to be part of that change, so, keeping in mind, i mean, they said almost everything about her, what else could they possibly say? oh, i've got it! in a new future news report! this just in from the future. we have learned today in the mainstream media breaking news that sarah palin is, in fact, the devil, also known as satan, lucifer. palin, the >> powerful evil and tempter of mankind had this to say -- "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. we will be punished for the everlasting presence of the destruction of the lord and some will be cast into outer darkness. 0th hers should have their partedden burdened forever by fire and brimstone. then out of the pit the great smoke of the great furnace and the sun and the air were d

. >> sarah palin, former governor of alaska -- dana, former governor of alaska sarah palin came out today calling for civil discourse on the proposal days after she characterized the plan as down right evil, suggesting there would be death panels that would decide who gets health care and who doesn't. you know, newt gingrich over the weekend was talking about the slippery slope toward euthana a euthanasia. dana, is it just scaring people? >> i don't think it's scaring people. definitely there's a concern about -- >> there's nothing in any of the bills about death panels. nothing in of the bills about euthanasia. >> it's all about perspective. when you're talking about insuring 47 million americans with health care and not raising the cost, where is the cost control coming from? especially when you have dr. emmanuel, one of the advisers to the president who has some, like, very questionable ethics with regards to health care. i mean, definitely that's going to raise red flags. >> quick final word. >> something is going to be passed in the fall. we'll see what it is. we're not going to get

. >>> and a waterspout that is rarely seen in alaska.othy ivanoff had just taken off in a small plane when the pilot spotted the funnel cloud. she grabbed her camera and captured the waterspout. waterspouts are more common in warmer climates, but sightings in alaska pretty unusual. >>> new jobs for gm. it's been a long time since we've been able to say that the latest on what this means for workers at the allison transmission plant. abc 2 news at 5:30 is just minutes away.

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he weighs in on the economy, health care and sarah palin's decision to step down as governor of alaska. "state of the union" will be right back. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the co-pilot is on mapquest. - ( rock music playing ) - and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music from meltedmetal.com. that's happening now with the new mifi from sprint, the mobile hotspot that fits in your pocket. sprint. the now network. deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. >>> earlier, john king sat down with senator john mccain for an exclusive, in-depth interview. the first topic was, of course, the economy. >> i thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, john. >> i want to start with the economy. as we close the week, we learned the economy declined by 1% in the last kwaurquarter. still down, that's the best quarter in some time. the president says he deserves some credit. the president said, there should be little debate that the steps we took together helped stop our economic freefall. is that right, to give t

now the former governor of alaska. and among other things in her departing comments she said this -- >> you're going to see anti-hunting, anti-second amendment circuses from hollywood. and here's how they do it. they use these delicate, tiny, very talented celebrity starlets. they use alaska as a sun raising tools for their anti-second amendment causes. >> she made references to hollywood. and since you're out there in l.a., you know something about hollywood. i want to give you a chance to respond. did you have a chance to watch her comments in her former final remarks as governor? >> of course, wolf. i would never miss a sarah palin speech. even though there seems to be a new one every week. how many times does this woman get to quit? but first of all, i want to know who is this tiny starlet she's talking about? miley cyrus? >> somebody who did some sort of psa in alaska, i guess. >> but, you know, when you think of tiny starlets, i think of ashley olson, i want to know who she's talking about. seconds of all, i thin

>>> former alaska governor sarah palin is weighing in on president obama's push for health care reform. on her facebook page palin calls the proposed plan downright evil. in the post, she warned americans that they may eventually have to stand in front of an obama death panel to prove that they are worthy of health care. in his weekly address, president obama once again urged congress to pass health care reform. he also talked about some of the misconceptions about the plan. >> let me explain what reform will mean for you. and let me start by dispelling the outlandish rumors that reform will promote euthanasia or cut medicaid or bring about a government takeover of health care. that's simply not true. this isn't about putting government in charge of your health insurance. it's about putting you in charge of your health insurance. under the reforms we seek f you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. and while reform is obviously essential for the 46 million americans who don't have health insurance, it will als

april 2008 governor sarah palin proclaimed health care decisions day in alaska to raise public awarenessneed to plan ahead for health care decisions, related to end-of-life care. she was before death panels before she was against them. >>> and another genius chimes in. >> well, i think it's proper because it's within the context of what people are seeing in some of the legislation that's floating around out there. >> the lessons of the republican hit job using stupid people to scare other stupid people. with eugene robinson, the lessons of pointless bipartisanship, senator grassley using inclusion to force exclusion, with howard dean, bush v. cheney. the statute of limitations expired on what the ex-v.p. wants to dish like when the president made decisions that i didn't agree with, i still supported him and didn't go out and undercut him. he thinks bush went soft and is going to tell all in his book. so reports barton gellman of the washingt"washington post," our guest tonight. plus, john dean on why cheney may be admitting he ran the bush administration. and bush v. gore. publicly addre

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it's harder at home and alaska. her unappointeds are now ahead of her abouts. she's had a 40% decline from alaska. she ee got a real challenge ahead of her. i'm telling you. hook out. in a car is ma challenge between her and mitt romney, she can beat him. and that's for sure, i think. >> okay. chris matthew, it's going to be interesting. awe uls great to watch you on "hardball." for those of you who don't know, 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. weekdays, but you already knew that. >>> a record month for dow jones. is the recession number finally winding down? jo your favorite britain's got talent runner-up, susan boyle. we'll talk about it on "msnbc saturday." that ♪ [ female announcer ] there's a smarter, cooler way to get your clothes brilliantly clean. and it's a turn for the better. ♪ i'm cool like that, i'm cool like that ♪ [ female announcer ] tide coldwater. it's specially formulated to clean in cold better than the other brand does in warm. ♪ cool like that and by washing in cold, you can save up to $10 on your energy bill with every 100 oz bottle. and that's cool. ti

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juan cole at the liberal salon.com website has compared the former alaska governor to ahmadinejad. cole writes "it is remarkable how similar they are r-678 both are known for saying things that produce a classic scooby doo double take in their audiences. ewe cole says they represent the unscrupulous elites and against pampered upper middle class yuppies pretending to be the voice of democracy." saturday, an alaskan blog claimed that palin was getting a divorce and moving to montana. pa palin employee said they are committed to each other and have not purchased land in family. one pro palin blog says "even offstage, liberals still attack." adds another, quote "the left can't get over sarah palin's derangement syndrome. they can't leave her and her family alone now that she is a private citizen." rahm emanuel reportedly made calls to television networks to pressure them to air the president's july 22 primetime news conference. "the washington post" writes that emanuel made calls to abc, nbc and cbs executives in an effort to persuade them to give up a chunk of their schedule. a cbs o

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the alaska family council has been advertising palin's appearance at an event tonight.e requiring teens to tell their parents before getting an abortion. a palin spokesperson claims, quote, this is the first we've heard of it and says palin is not even in alaska at the moment. the family council says they've spoken with palin's contacts for weeks about her speech and say it would be, quote, a grave disappointment if she doesn't show up. meanwhile the federal election commission says palin's political action committee violated federal election laws donating more than is permitted to the re-election campaign of senators john mccain and lisa murkowski. they also claim palin's pac failed to disclose how some of their money was actually being spent. sarah pac treasurer says the report they filed is being corrected. >>> there's a new website, a type of facebook for republicans. it's republican bill.com and calls itself quote a social net woerk of the people, by the people, and for the people. the website includes social networking, job listings and a lot of old school conserv

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